The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-12
othy sown the Fall before. 1t seenas
as IL the slightest scratching Of the

shows that it is not injurious, but
rather beneficial. Possibly some
plants are destroyed, but what remain
are so much benefited by the cutiva-
ton of the surface that they fill all the
vacant spaces. But if clover seed is
sown on wheat in the Spring the har-
rowing must be done either before the
seed is sown or before it has sprouted,
as young clover is very easily killed.
Where grass seed is sown the Fall
before, and clover follows after har-
rowing in the Spring, the combined
growth will be compact sod by the
time the grain is harvested next July.
MIXING FEED FOR STOCK.
1t is well known that a variety of
food for stock is better than any one
kind, partly for the reason that no one
food contains the full elements of nu-
triton in their right proportions. But
with rumnants giving variety is not
enough They will do better if the diff
ferent kinds are mixed before feeding.
that they may all come up and be re-
masticated. Neither the full benefit of
hay or grain is secured by feeding sep
arately 1t is commonly supposed that
the loss is chiefly in the grain, which is
too hastily and greedily swallowed to
be thoroughly digested. But there is
also loss in the less palatable forage,
which being eaten with little relish does
not take with it enough saliva to make
sure of its thorough digestion. What
ever is eaten with good appetite does
most good, though this rule is Of
scarcely any practical Importance to
any except human beings. Dumb ami
mails never eat unless they are hungry.
and their hunger is for what has most
nutrition instead of dainties to tempt
the palate.
ORDERING NURSERY STOCK.
These are busy days among nursery
men, the long continuance of Winter
weather causing delay in filling orders
for trees and plants grown outside of
the greenhouse. Orders received dur.
ing the Winter are attended to first.
and those not thoughtful enough to
know that they will want any trees,
and who only order when reminded by
approaching Spring that it is time to
plant, get only the trees left over after
the first orders have been filled. Most
nurserymen have considerable share
of their marketable stock taken up and
heeled in during the Winter. These
Fall-dug trees 20 to fill the orders on
hand in the Spring, while orders made
later have to be supplied with trees dug
from the rows. Trees properly heeled
in have calloused their roots prepare
tory to putting forth new iibres, and
are much more sure to grow than trees
dug late in the Spring 1t is, therefore,
not altogether for the convenience of
the nurserymen, but for the benefit of
the purchaser as well, that trees or
plants should be ordered as early as
possible.
FEEDING YOUNG PIGS.
1t does not take long for good lit
ter of young pigs to outgrow the capac.
ity of the sow to furnish enough milk
to keep them thrifty. This milk from
its dam is the best possible nourish.
ment for young pigs, as for all other
young animals; but with eight to
twelve or fifteen hungry stomachs to be
filled the SOW can not possibly give
enough milk to fully satisfy them, how
ever well-fed she may be. BY the time
the pigs are ten days to two weeks old
they will begin to eat, and they should
be helped to all they can devour. A
handful of oats or cracked wheat is ex-
celent for the young pigs, and scarcely
anything is better for the old sow.
Corn should not be given at this tender
age, nor, in fact, in any quantity until
their growth is pretty well made. It
is great loss to fail to feed young
pigs well, as they make more growth
from the same amount of nutriment
than at any subsequent time in their
lives. And yet relying wholly upon
what they can get from the SOW, many
pigs in large filters become stunted
even before they are weancd, and their
growth is so checked that it costs near
ly all they are worth to get them start
ed in growing again. Unless the own
err is willing to take some extra pains
in feeding the weaklings a large litter